After Balakot: A Diplomatic Capability Review
Mosharraf Zaidi
Almost a month after the mini war that began with India’s invasion of Pakistan through an attempted attack in Balakot district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is still a...
Lessons from Balakot
Salman Bashir
Pakistan needs to draw lessons post-Balakot attack on managing its security and foreign policy. The Indian attack on Balakot was an act of aggression. The drift in India-Pakistan...
Attack on Pulwama in Kashmir: Who was the Perpetrator?
Najmuddin A. Shaikh
It appears that both Pakistan and India have moved away from the brink of a catastrophic confrontation between the two nuclear armed states. Ambassadors have returned to...
Interview with H.E. Rahim Hayat Qureshi, Ambassador of Pakistan to Republic of Korea
Amb. Rahim Hayat Qureshi is Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea . A career diplomat, Amb.Rahim Hayat Qureshi has served at various important positions in the Foreign Office...
Interview with H.E. Ali Alizada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan...
Amb. Ali Alizada is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Pakistan. After serving at various prestigious positions in Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, Amb. Alizada became the...
Pakistan and the International Politics of Labeling the States
Ahmed Waheed
If international narratives on Pakistan were to be believed, then Pakistan is a Weak State, a Failed State, a Garrison State, an Insecure State, a Fragile State, a...
Pakistan Playing Down the Middle East
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
For Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, a jam packed sports stadium outside Pakistan reverberating with chants for him, is nothing new. However, when such a thing...
India’s Afghan Isolation
Rupert Stone
India and Afghanistan have a close bond, exemplified by Rabindranath Tagore’s short story, Kabuliwala, about the friendship between a Pashtun fruit seller and an Indian girl in Calcutta....
Looking into Africa’s Future: Opportunities, Challenges and The Way Forward
Abdulhamid Mpoza
Africa is a naturally gifted continent with huge untapped resources, something that might have been one of the reasons for its colonization between 1870s and 1900s by European...
Pakistan-Africa Relations: Appraisal and Future Prospects
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